I wrote Peter and he repied:
I read the email you received and on first glance I think there is no reason not to participate with the show. I don’t speak French so can’t get much from their web site but found this online in their sales and marketing English section of the site...
Infoman is back, just in time to celebrate ninth years of hounding politicians, exposing blunders, flushing out incompetence and showcasing the foolishness of the rich and powerful. In its tenth season, Infoman has no intention of resting on its laurels!
So bring on your elections, your not-so-green initiatives, your unbuilt CHUMs, your outrageous French presidents, your naïve ministers and their girlfriends with shady pasts: Infoman is ready!
Further research discovers more details about the host of the show, it seems that his program is presented with a focus on humor, in fact the Quebec Federation of Journalists refused to admit him, I found this on wikipedia...
Television
The public discovers Jean-René Dufort in 1997 when he was the star reporter to broadcast the end of the world is seven hours broadcast on TQS. Dufort describes the news in a humorous way alongside Marc Labreche, who hosts this parody daily newscast. The show was a great success for three seasons.
After briefly taking the helm of his own show, 2000 Years of bugs on TQS in 1999, he moved to Radio-Canada in 2000 where he became Infoman in a program of the same name dealing with the current policy and International humorously. Infoman is still broadcast every week in 2009, and also produces a magazine of the year, broadcast on the evening of December 31.
During the summers of 2005 and 2006, Dufort co-hosts Meanwhile Bin Laden to the CBC, a program covering the news as a joke at the CBC, and intending to be "objective" to covering the arrest of Osama bin Laden. The program wipes many negative reviews from the start, but still manages to earn a certain audience. She did not however return for a third season.
[Edit] Radio
Jean-René Dufort has been for some years one of the co-hosts the morning show of CKOI-FM, Ye too early, alongside Normand Brathwaite, until a controversy in 2005. Brathwaite accused of psychological harassment against their colleague Roxane St-Gelais, Dufort will be removed from the show. Yé too early leaves the airwaves shortly after leaving CKOI and Brathwaite. Meanwhile, Corus, which owns CKOI-FM, will mandate a former Chief Justice of Quebec, Claude Bisson, to clarify the matter. In February 2007, Jean-René Dufort will be exonerated of all blame, the referee ruling that the complaint against the co-host was unfounded.
Jean-René Dufort was the morning-man CKOI until 2007. He facilitated since the fall 2006 issue juice and Dufort.
[Edit] Science
A graduate in biochemistry and amateur science, Jean-René Dufort is founder of the movement of mineral universal consciousness. [Ref. Needed] He was also spokesman for the Science Center of Montreal, and member of the Board of Skeptics Quebec.
[Edit] A journalist?
From the time of the end of the world is at 7 o'clock, Jean-René Dufort has been the target of the Professional Federation of Quebec Journalists (FPJQ), which accuses him of lacking journalistic rigor and above all be a fanciful pretending to be journalist. FPJQ refuse in 1999 he became member of the federation, based on the definition given by the producer himself on his show: a comedy show, not information.
A controversy broke out about this in December 2006 when "Infoman" to broadcast his show on CBC interview with the President of Lebanon, Émile Lahoud, and a member of Hezbollah. FPJQ Dufort accused of false representation the Lebanese personalities invited to the show who thought him to be a public information program of a more serious kind. ...
I recently asked Geist to write to the community on my behalf regarding just this type of media interest and followed it up with a personal email to everyone in my project. After doing this research on the show that has reached out to you I offer this assessment. I hope heroes are very selective about what media interest they cooperate with, there is a coming storm of interest and the media will be out in force. Now more then ever it is important to control the message, this is a huge opportunity for the rlsh culture to inspire others and in this day and age of internet exploitation I fear that the more a story is exploitative and presented with humor the more likely that story will go viral. One look at Shadow Hare’s appearance on the internet proves that point. The traffic Zetaman is getting since Kick Ass began advertising on his site and linking the official movie site to Zetaman’s site has been incredible. I know some were against the association but this huge number of people that have become curious about the rlsh are learning what you are really about. This is an effective tool for you and stands in stark contrast to the benefits of something like the Shadow Hare piece.
I don’t think the infoman opportunity is absolutely the wrong thing to participate with, I would however be extremely careful if you decide to do something with them. I think there is a small benefit to be realized and a larger downside if he does something that makes you look ridiculous.
So to steal a quote from a very wise man...
Look down. Whisper "No."
Or at least be super careful, talk with them in detail in advance of the interview, don’t let them film or record you if they move toward humor in a way that exploits you, etc.
Talk to you soon,
Your Friend,
Pete
as Peter said, the gain for this might not be worth the effort.
any thoughts????
anyone??????
do I hear crickets?
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My advice to everyone: Look down. Whisper "No."